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timbering

[ tim-ber-ing ]

noun

  1. building material of wood.


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noun

  1. timbers collectively
  2. work made of timber
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of timbering1

First recorded in 1125–75, timbering is from the Middle English word timbrung. See timber, -ing 1
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Acquiring and managing all that land - which faces expanding threats from development, mining and timbering, would be too challenging.

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Acquiring and managing all that land — which faces expanding threats from development, mining and timbering, would be too challenging.

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“Mucking, panning, timbering — during the first summer it was all one blurred delirium†under a 114 degree sun, she wrote in her midcareer memoir, “I Wanted Out!â€

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He joined the generations of growers who dodged the law while building an economic and social fabric that filled the void left by the collapse of the timbering industry.

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Elk were once native in West Virginia but disappeared in the 1800s due to timbering and overhunting, the Division of Natural Resources said.

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